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http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/10/26/alcoholic-energy-drinks-a-risk-not-worth-taking-but-worth-talking-aboutAlcoholic energy drinks-- A risk not worth taking, but worth talking about
They're sweet, fizzy and fruity, and they pack a stealthy yet strong punch with the quickly-to-be-inebriated.
Alcoholic drinks like the colorfully packaged Four Loko malt liquor long have had the attention of collegiate and adolescent drinkers. And now they have the adults' attention after the finding that Four Loko made nine Central Washington University students ill at a Roslyn house party. Recall that the students were so smashed that authorities initially feared they had been drugged.
Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna wants action at both the state and federal levels. At a news conference in Ellensburg on Monday, McKenna asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the sale of such products...
While I see this as a public education issue and not a government matter, it does seem that people underestimate the dangers of this drug.
I'm not sure which direction this thread might go, so I opted for GD, for now.
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